PHYSICS FOR ENGINEERS – PRELIM EXAM 8.

A post is supported by a guy wire which exerts a pull

INSTRUCTIONS: SHADE THE LETTER OF YOUR CHOICE IN of 100 N on the top of the post. If the angle between
THE ANSWER SHEET PROVIDED. DO NOT FORGET TO the wire and the ground is 60 degrees, what is the
SHADE YOUR ID NUMBER. ON THE ORANGE BOOKLET, horizontal component of the force supporting the pole?
WRITE DOWN YOUR ANSWERS IN CAPITAL LETTERS ON A. 86.6 N
THE FIRST PAGE ONLY. USE THE REMAINING PAGES FOR B. 50.0 N
SCRATCH WORK. CHEATING ISN’T COOL, SO LOOK AT C. 76.6 N
YOUR OWN PAPER. BELIEVE IN YO SELF. 😊 D. 98.5 N
1. What is defined as the distance the light travels in a 9. A man finds the angle of elevation of the top of a
vacuum in 1/299,792,458 second? tower to be 30°. He walks 85 m nearer the tower and
A. Yard finds its angle of elevation to be 60°. What is the height
B. Feet of the tower?
C. Meter A. 76.31 m
D. Inch B. 73.31 m
2. The size of the largest atom is in the order of C. 73.16 m
________. D. 73.61 m
A. centimeter 10. What is another term for a scalar product of two
B. millimeter vectors?
C. nanometer A. Cross product
D. micrometer B. Vector product
3. The “kilowatt-hour” is a unit of _______. C. Dot product
A. work D. Plus product
B. energy 11. What is scaled drawing of the various forces,
C. power velocities or other vector quantities involved in the
D. work or energy motion of a body?
4. If the fuel efficiency of an automobile is 32 miles per A. Vector diagram
gallon, what is its fuel efficiency in kilometers per liter? B. Vector
(1 km = 0.621 mile, 1.000 L = 1.057 quarts, 4 quarts = 1 C. Component
gallon) D. Resultant
a. 5.3 km/L 12. The _______ of a moving object is the distance it
b. 14 km/L covers in a time interval divided by the time interval.
c. 20 km/L A. acceleration
d. 75 km/L B. instantaneous speed
5. The dimensions of a box are 1.2 feet by 0.50 feet by C. average speed
0.75 feet. Calculate the volume of the box in cubic D. instantaneous velocity
centimeters. (2.54 cm = 1.00 inch, 12.0 inches = 1.00 13. The rate at which velocity changes with time is
foot) known as ________.
a. 14 cm3 A. acceleration
b. 47 cm3 B. instantaneous speed
c. 306 cm3 C. average speed
d. 13,000 cm3 D. instantaneous velocity
6. What is the purpose of a unit vector? 14. A train changes its speed uniformly from 60 mph to
A. To describe the direction in space 30 mph in a distance of 1500 ft. What is its
B. To indicate a magnitude without reference to acceleration?
direction A. – 1.94d ft/s2
C. To serve as comparison with other vectors B. 2.04 ft/s2
D. To set a standard among vectors C. – 2.04 ft/s2
7. Which is NOT a vector quantity? D. 1.94 ft/s2
A. Displacement 15. A car starts from rest and has a constant
B. Velocity acceleration of 3 ft/s2. Find the average velocity during
C. Acceleration the first 10 seconds of motion.
D. Time A. 13 ft/s
B. 15 ft/s
C. 14 ft/s
D. 20 ft/s